JPH0717220Y2 - Protective equipment for cable fittings on double floors - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial field of application] The present invention has a double floor structure in which a floating floor is constructed on a basic floor surface of an office, a computer room, or the like.
The present invention relates to a protective device for protecting cable connectors such as connectors, plugs, outlets, etc., which are arranged between the foundation floor and a floating floor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a double floor structure in which a large number of floor panels are laid on a foundation floor to construct a floating floor by supporting four corners of the floor panel with support legs.
This type of double-floor structure has a power cable and various cables for communication, as well as cable connectors such as connectors, plugs, and outlets for connecting the power cables and communication cables to the base floor. It is installed in the space formed between the floors to prevent the risk of cable disconnection due to exposure of the power cable, signal cable, and cable connectors on the floor of the walking floor, and deterioration of the aesthetics of the room. ing.

Further, in the above-mentioned double floor structure, as shown in FIG. 6, a cable outlet 101 is opened at an appropriate place on the floor panel 100 to float a cable or a connecting tool wired on the foundation floor. It is designed to be taken out on the floor. Further, in the case where the outlet 101 is not used (when the cable and the connecting tool are not taken out), the locking step portion 20 is provided on the inner circumference of the upper end.
The tubular member 200 provided with 1 is mounted in the outlet 101,
A lid member 202 is loaded in the locking step portion 201 so that the outlet 101 can be opened and closed.

[0004]

However, in the conventional double-floor structure, connectors such as connectors, plugs and outlets for connecting cables are installed in the wiring space between the foundation floor and the floating floor. It is stored as it is.
And since the conventional double-floor structure does not have means for specially protecting these connectors, the above-mentioned connectors,
In particular, unused connectors whose connection ports are exposed are easily affected by dew condensation water and dust, leaving room for improvement in terms of maintenance improvement.

Further, since power cables and signal cables of various models are arranged together in the wiring space between the foundation floor and the floating floor, the wiring becomes complicated, and accordingly various wirings occur. There were many cases in which the connection tools of the above were mixed near the cable outlet, which hindered the connection work between the cables during use.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide various connecting tools provided on a power supply cable and a signal cable, which are provided on a foundation floor surface, with existing equipment. It is to protect in an orderly manner using the cable outlet of.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a tubular accommodating portion to be fitted inside a cable outlet which is opened in a floor panel of a double floor. The accommodating portion has a bottom end wall closed by a bottom wall, and a hooking edge portion that hooks at a cable outlet of a floor panel is provided around an outer periphery of an upper end opening that can be opened and closed by a lid, and
A partition plate extending in the direction of the center line is provided in the cylindrical accommodating portion, and the accommodating portion is divided into a first accommodating chamber for accommodating a connector for a power cable and a second accommodating chamber for accommodating a connector for a communication cable. Connection tool insertion holes are formed in the peripheral walls of the first and second storage chambers, respectively, and cable insertion holes are formed in the bottom plate, and the connection tool insertion holes and the cable insertion holes of the respective storage chambers are communicated by slitting. It will be done.

[0008]

According to the above-mentioned means, when the tubular accommodating portion of the protective device is fitted into the cable take-out opening opened in the floor panel, the hooking edge portion provided around the upper end opening of the tubular accommodating portion is taken out of the cable. It is hooked on the edge of the mouth, whereby the tubular accommodating portion is mounted in a state of being fitted and inserted into the take-out opening. The inside of the above-mentioned tubular accommodating portion is divided into two by a partition plate provided in the center line direction of the accommodating portion, one space of which is used as a first accommodating chamber for accommodating a connector for an electric cable, and the other space is used for communication. It is configured as a second accommodating chamber that accommodates the cable connector.

The peripheral wall of each of the first and second storage chambers and the connector insertion hole formed in the bottom plate and the cable insertion hole communicate with each other through a slit. Therefore, when the connector for the power cable is put into the first accommodation chamber through the connector insertion hole formed in the peripheral wall, and then the cable is moved through the slit to the cable insertion hole side, the connector entered the first accommodation chamber is It is stored in the state that it is hooked in the cable insertion hole of the bottom plate of the storage part,
The cable is drawn out to the wiring space under the floating floor through the cable insertion hole. Similarly to this, the signal cable connector is also housed in the second housing chamber, so that the power cable connector and the signal cable connector are separated by a partition plate in one tubular container. It is stored in a partitioned state.

When connecting a power cable or a signal cable of a device installed on a floating floor to an unused connecting tool accommodated in the accommodating section, open the lid of the upper end opening of the cylindrical accommodating section and perform the above-mentioned procedure. And pull out the connector for the power cable and signal cable housed in the first and second housing chambers and connect it to the connector, plug, outlet, etc. of the cable of the device,
Place in each chamber and close the lid.

[0011]

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is a connector for plugs, plugs, outlets, etc. of power cables and signal cables that have been conventionally placed in a state of being left on the foundation floor. Is stored and protected inside the accommodation part that is fitted inside the cable outlet of the floor panel, and unused connection parts that expose the cable connection port in particular will not function due to the influence of dew condensation water, dust, etc. Fear can be prevented. Further, since the partition plate is provided in the accommodating portion, the interior of the accommodating portion is divided into a first accommodating chamber for accommodating the connector for the power cable and a second accommodating chamber for accommodating the connector for the signal cable. While accommodating the cable connector and the signal cable connector in a single housing,
The power supply system connecting device and the signal system connecting device can be separated by the partition plate and can be housed and protected in an orderly manner. Therefore, the workability when using the connector is improved,
Maintenance of the connection tool can be easily performed. Further, it is possible to connect the power supply / signal cable of the equipment installed on the floating floor and the power supply / signal cable wired under the floating floor in the housing portion, which is also useful for protecting the cable connection portion.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The protection device a for a cable connector shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is used for a double-floor structure installed on a basic floor b such as an office or a computer room. In the double floor structure described above, the legs d are erected on the foundation floor b at equal vertical and horizontal intervals, and the floor panel c1 is laid on the support legs d to form the floating floor c. A wiring space h for wiring a power cable e and a signal cable g between the floating floor c and the foundation floor surface b
Is formed.

The floor panel c1 is a plate-like material integrally formed of an inorganic material such as mortar or any other desired material. The four corners are supported by the support legs d and are floated on the base floor surface b. . At the center of the floor panel c1 at a specific position, cables e and g to be wired on the base floor surface b are floated on the floating floor c.
A cable outlet c2 for taking out the cable is opened, and a protective device a is attached to the outlet c2.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cable outlet c2 is provided with a hook step c2 'on the upper end side of the inner circumference thereof.

The protective device a is made of a synthetic resin or a rubber material, and a hooking edge portion 2 is integrally formed along the upper end opening of a cylindrical housing portion 1 formed in a cylindrical shape. When the tubular accommodating portion 1 is fitted into the cable outlet c2 of the floor panel c1 from above, the hooking edge 2 provided around the upper end opening of the cylindrical accommodating portion 1 has the hooking edge 2 of the outlet c2. The tubular accommodating portion 1 is mounted so as to be hooked on the stop portion c2 ′ so as to face the wiring space h. The above-mentioned hooking edge portion 2 is fitted into the concave groove formed by the hooking step portion c2 ′ of the cable outlet port c2, and the upper surface of the cable outlet port c2 is flush with the upper surface of the floor panel C by the hooking edge portion 2. It is designed to be closed. Further, a concave groove 4 having an appropriate depth is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the latching edge portion 2, and a lid 8 is detachably mounted in the concave groove 4. Further, the lid 8 has grooves 8a, 8 for inserting the power cable e'and the signal cable g7 extending from the device side.
b is notched.

On the other hand, the tubular accommodating portion 1 is formed in a cylindrical shape so as to be fitted and inserted into a lower portion of the cable take-out port c2 than the hooking step c2 ', and the lower end port thereof is closed by the bottom plate 1a. Configured. A partition wall 3 is provided inside the cylindrical housing portion 1. The partition wall 3 is provided in a vertical state at a position slightly displaced from the center in the cylindrical housing portion 1. According to this, the inside of the cylindrical housing portion 1 is divided by the partition plate 3 at a predetermined ratio, for example, a ratio of 6: 4, one of which is the first housing chamber 5 for housing the connector e1 of the power cable e.
The second housing chamber 5b houses the connector g1 of the signal cable g and the second housing chamber 5b.

On the peripheral wall surface of the cylindrical accommodating portion 1 corresponding to the above-mentioned first accommodating chamber 5a, a connecting tool e1 for the power cable e, for example, a connecting tool insertion hole 6a for inserting / removing an outlet is formed, and the cylindrical shape is formed. A cable insertion hole 6b for inserting the power cable e is formed in the bottom plate 1a of the housing portion 1, and the both holes 6a, 6b are communicated with each other by a slit 6c. Similarly, a connection tool insertion hole 7a for inserting / removing a connection tool g1 of the signal cable g, for example, a modular jack is formed on the peripheral wall surface of the cylindrical storage section 1 corresponding to the second storage chamber 5b, and the cylindrical shape is also provided. The signal cable g is provided on the bottom plate 1a of the housing portion 1.
A cable insertion hole 7b for inserting the cable is opened, and the holes 7a and 7b are communicated with each other by a slot 7c.

The protective device a constructed as described above is fitted to the cable outlet a2 provided at the center of the floor panel c1 as shown in FIG. Then, the connection tools e1 and g1 of the unused power cable e and the signal cable g, which are wired on the base floor surface b, are connected to a specific position of the floating floor c, that is, OA.
It is housed in a protective device a located near the place where the device or computer is installed. For example, when accommodating the outlet that is the connector e1 of the power cable e in the protective device a at a desired position, the outlet e1 attached to the tip of the power cable e is first accommodated from the connector insertion hole 6a formed in the peripheral wall. After being inserted into the room 5a, the cable e is moved to the cable insertion hole 6b side through the slit 6c.
According to this, the outlet e that has entered the first storage chamber 5a
1 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 5a while being hooked around the cable insertion hole 6b of the bottom plate 1a. In this state, the power cable e is pulled out to the wiring space h under the floating floor c through the cable insertion hole 6b. Further, similarly to this, the modular jack g1 which is a connector for the signal cable g is also accommodated in the second accommodation chamber 5b. afterwards,
The lid 8 is closed. According to this, the outlet e1 of the power cable e and the modular jack g1 of the signal cable g which are in the unused state are housed in the single cylindrical housing 1 closed by the lid 8, and the exposed connection port is It can be protected from condensation water and dust. In addition, the outlet e1 which is a power system connector and the modular g which is a signal system connector
Since 1 and 1 can be neatly housed in one tubular housing in a state of being separated by the partition plate 3, it is confused by the complexity of entanglement of a plurality of different types of cables and connecting tools when connecting cables. There is nothing to do.

When the power cable or signal cable of the equipment installed on the floating floor c is connected to the connecting tools e1 and g1 of the cable accommodated in the protective device a, the cylindrical storage unit 1 is used.
The lid 8 fitted to the upper end opening is removed. Then, as described above, the outlet e1 of the power cable and the modular jack g1 of the signal cable housed in the first and second housing chambers 5a and 5b are pulled out to plug the power cable of the device and the modular of the signal cable. After connecting, the connecting portion is housed in each of the housing chambers 5a and 5b and the lid 8 is closed. The power cable e ′ and the signal cable g ′ of the device are pulled out onto the floating floor c through the grooves 8a and 8b of the lid body 8. As mentioned above, power cable and signal cable of equipment and floating floor c
By connecting the power cable e and the signal cable g, which are arranged below, in the cylindrical housing portion 1, the connecting portion between the cables can be housed and protected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a double floor structure provided with a protection device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a protection device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a protective device power source side.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a protection device signal side.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a double floor structure provided with the protection device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a conventional floor panel outlet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a ... Protective device b ... Foundation floor c ... Floating floor c1 ... Floor panel c2 ... Ejection port e ... Power cable e1 ... Connector (outlet) g ... Signal Cable g1 ... Connector (modular) 1 ... Cylindrical accommodating portion 1a ... Bottom plate 2 ... Hooking edge 3 ... Partition plate 5a ... First accommodating chamber 5b ... 2 accommodation chamber 6a ... connector insertion hole (power supply side) 6b ... cable insertion hole 6c ... slit 7a ... connector insertion hole (signal side) 7b ... cable insertion hole 7c ...・ Slitting 8 ... Lid

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A tubular accommodating portion fitted inside a cable outlet opening to a floor panel of a double floor, the tubular accommodating portion having a bottom end wall closed by a bottom wall and a lid body. A peripheral edge of the upper end opening that can be opened and closed by a hooking edge portion that hooks to the cable outlet of the floor panel is provided, and a partition plate in the center line direction is provided in the cylindrical housing portion to accommodate the same. The inside of the unit is divided into a first accommodating chamber for accommodating the connector for the power cable and a second accommodating chamber for accommodating the connector for the communication cable, and the connector insertion holes are formed in the peripheral walls of the first and second accommodating chambers, respectively. And a cable insertion hole in the bottom plate, and the cable insertion hole of each accommodation chamber is connected to the cable insertion hole by a slot to protect the cable connection tool in a double floor.